NIH-NSF BBSI: Southern California Bioinformatics Summer Institute

提案编号： 0234129校长：Jamil Momand机构名称：加州州立洛杉矶大学附属服务机构名称：NIH-NSF BBSI南加州生物信息学暑期研究所摘要这个暑期研究所由一个主办机构和七个研究导师机构组成。 主办机构是加州州立大学洛杉矶（加州州立大学洛杉矶分校）。 研究导师机构是生物发现，加州理工学院，希望之城国家医疗中心，蛋白质途径，加州大学洛杉矶分校，南加州大学，ViaLogy所有这些都在大洛杉矶地区。 该研究所的主要重点是生物信息学。南加州生物信息学暑期研究所（SoCal-BSI）的使命是识别和教育大学生在生物信息学方面取得成功。SoCal-BSI将为这个快速发展的领域的选定大学生提供讲座，研讨会，研究培训和职业咨询。具有分子生命科学和/或计算机科学背景的学生，以及已经完成大学二年级但尚未进入研究生院三年级的学生，欢迎申请。目前的专业生物信息学家一般分为两类：那些使用现有的软件程序来解决分子生命科学问题和那些开发新的软件程序。SoCal-BSI将培养学生熟练使用现有的生物信息学软件程序，并自行开发生物信息学程序。学生将获得实习机会，在南加州地区的学术研究机构或生物信息学公司进行生物信息学研究。在这种研究环境中，他们将应用从课程的教学培训部分获得的知识。学生可以申请在SoCal-BSI的第二年，他们将在生物信息学方面接受更高级的培训。SoCal-BSI的总体目标是为学生提供动力和智力工具，以追求生物信息学的成功职业生涯。

PROPOSAL NO.: 0234129PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Jamil MomandINSTITUTION NAME: California State LA University Aux ServTITLE: NIH-NSF BBSI Southern California Bioinformatics Summer InstituteABSTRACTThis Summer Institute is composed of a Host Institution and seven Research Mentor Institutions. The Host institution is California State University Los Angeles (Cal State LA). The Research Mentor Institutes are BioDiscovery, Caltech, City of Hope National Medical Center, Protein Pathways, UCLA, University of Southern California, ViaLogy all of which are in the greater Los Angeles area. The major focus of the institute is bioinformatics. The mission of the Southern California-Bioinformatics Summer Institute (SoCal-BSI) is to identify and educate college students for a successful career in bioinformatics. The SoCal-BSI will offer lectures, workshops, research training, and career counseling to selected college students in this fast growing field. Students with a background in molecular life sciences and/or computer sciences and who have completed their second year of college but have not entered their third year of graduate school are welcome to apply. Current professional bioinformaticists generally fall into one of two categories: those that use existing software programs to address molecular life science issues and those that develop new software programs. The SoCal-BSI will train students to be proficient at using existing bioinformatics software programs and at developing bioinformatics programs on their own. Students will be provided with internships to perform bioinformatics research at an academic research institute or at a bioinformatics company in the Southern California area. In this research environment they will apply the knowledge gained from the didactic training portion of the course. Students may apply for a second year at the SoCal-BSI in which they will receive more advanced training in bioinformatics. It is the overall goal of the SoCal-BSI to provide students with the motivation and intellectual tools to pursue a successful career in bioinformatics.